Support for hats



April 5, 1949. M. 1.. MARCUS SUPPORTS FOR HATS Filed 001:. 9, 1945 INVENTOR BY 7/ 4.3 m:

ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 5, 1949 UNIT ED STATES I SUPPQRT FQRH'ATS' Morris @L. Marcus, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Application October 9, 1945', Serial No. 621,286

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3'Glaims.

, 1 This invention relates to new and useful im provements in supports for hats for assembly in hat boxes or for storage on shelves, and it is among the objects thereof to provide hat supparts which are adapted to engage only theinside of the crown of the hat to climinatercontact of hats when assembled in superposed relation and to provide a firm, snug fit of'the inner crown of thehat on said support.

' It is: another object of the invention to provide hatsupports. which are. designedfor mounting. in superposedrelation and which are. interlocked to the proper spacing and positioning of the hats relative to each other to eliminate contact of the hats either with the box or with each other and only on the inner crown supports.

Still another object of the invention is to provide hat supports of simple construction that can be readily fabricated from various materials such as cardboard, plastics and the like and in which the crown supports are designed to effect minimum contact with the inner crown of the hat to allow sufiicient stretching action of the hat on the support to assure snug or gripping engagement.

These and other objects of the invention will become more apparent from a consideration of the accompanying drawing constituting a part hereof, in which like reference characters designate like parts, and in which Fig. l is a top plan view of a hat support embodying the principles of this invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional View taken along the line 2-2, Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 a side elevational view, partially in crosssection, of the base portion of the hat support;

Fig. 4 a vertical cross-sectional view of a plurality of hat supports mounted for use in a hat box;

Fig. 5 a similar view illustrating the mounting of the hats on the supports; and

Fig. 6 a vertical cross-sectional view of a modified form of hat support.

With reference to the several figures of the drawing, the numeral l designates a base of cardboard or other material of circular or elliptical shape having its peripheral edge formed to the shape of a V designated by the numeral 2 with a lateral flange 3 extending therebetween, the V-shaped portion forming a notch 4 constituting a part of an interlock as will be hereinafte explained.

The base I' is provided with an arched strip 5 having a curved face 6 conforming to the contour of a hat 1. The strip 5 may be integrally OFFICE 2 formed-with the base. l asshown in Figs; land 2'01 maybe'separately attached thereto, the base I having a cutout portion 13a for clearance: with the crown of an adjacent hat which maybe mountedtherebcneath. The base I is mounted on what may be termed an inverted frustowonis cal ski-rt portion. 8, the inner dimension of whicl'l corresponds. substantialiy to the diameter ofthe V groove 4 in the. base member. i so that-.when arranged as; in Fig. 2 the skirt member 8 interlocks with the notch at; The: height of the: skirt 8* determines. the spacing between the arch-sup ports5 to. furnishproper clearance. for the hats when-.assembled'thereon to avoid contact. ofany portion of the hat with other hats or with their support except, of course, the inner crown of the hats which, as shown in Fig. 2, is snugly fitted on the arch members 5.

In Fig. 5, three of the supports are shown assembled in superposed relation with the bottom member seating on the bottom of a hat box 9 without use of the skirt 8. The next support is mounted on the bottom base member with the skirt portion 8 assembled in the notch 4, and the upper support likewise having its skirted portion seated in the notch of the base member therebelow. The hats I in Fig. 5 are shown spaced from the supporting base I, the space being exaggerated for the purpose of illustration in Fig. 5, whereas it is more realistically shown as just a clearance in Fig. 2.

When the supports are assembled in a hat box as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, a small tab ill fastened to the side wall of the box 9 may be used to interlock with the notch 4 in the upper hat support to thereby retain the assembled supports in their proper position in the box and prevent movement of the supports to effect contact of the hat with the cover I l of the box should the box be turned wrong side up in handling.

In Fig. 6 a spring I2 is shown mounted on an arch support l3, the spring being substantially of the height of the hat band to provide a greater gripping action of the support with the inner wall of the hat where that is desired. The spring may be of any suitable form such as the hairpin shape shown, and of substantially the width of the arch member I3 and may be assembled externally of the arch support l3.

The invention is especially useful for shipping, storing or displaying hats without subjecting the hats to contact at any outer portion as in conventional types of hat supports. When assembled as shown in Fig. 5, further protection may be provided by the use of soft papers or cellophane 1. In a hat support for mounting a plurality of hats in superposed relation, base members having a crown engaging portion extending vertically thereon and having a peripheralgroove radially spaced from said crown engaging portion formed by a depression in said base members, some of said base members having a depending skirt portion shaped to engage and interact with the peripheral groove of an adjacent base member to interlock therewith.

2. In a hat support for mounting a plurality of hats in superposed relation, a plurality of hat engaging members, each member having a peripheral recess for engaging a cooperating portion of another of said members formed by a substantially V-shape depression in said members, some of said members having depending portions interacting with the recesses of adjacent hat engaging members to determine the proper spacing of said members for preventing contact of the hat supported thereon and for interlocking 4 adjacent hat engaging members, and said hat supporting members being shaped to engage the inner crown only of the hats to thereby prevent contact of any outer portion of the hats with said supporting members.

3. A hat support for mounting a, plurality of hats in superposed relation out of contact with each other comprising base members having recesses adjacent their outer peripheries formed by depressions in said base members and some of said base members having inwardly flaring depending skirt portions interacting with the recesses of adjacent members, said supports havingarches extending vertically thereon for engaging the inner crown of the hats whereby the latter are supported out of contact with each REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,180,524 Huye Nov. 21, 1939 2,312,821 Jason Mar. 2, 1943 2,314,106 Schornstein et a1. Mar. 16, 1943 2,384,680 Huye Sept. 11, 1945 

